An Architectural Capriccio with Figures and an Obelisk
Vicente Giner (fl. c.1676 - 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1660 - 1680
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1295 x 2030 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719430
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Architectural Capriccio with with Figures and an Oblelisk by Vicente Giner (fl. 1676-1680). It was probably painted in Rome (under the influence of Viviano Codazzi) by this little-known Valencian artist. A range of buildings with porticoes and archways, ending in classical ruins flank the left side of a piazza in which there is an obelisk and numerous figures engaged in their various occupations.
Provenance
Presumably the "Viviano [Codazzi] and Jan Miel (buildings by)" bought by Wiggett Chute, March 1843, for £10; bequeathed with The Vyne, estate and contents by Sir Charles Chute, 1st Bt (1879-1956)
Credit line
The Vyne, The Chute Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Vicente Giner (fl. c.1676 - 1680), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Alessandro Salucci (Florence 1590 - Rome c.1655), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Viviano Codazzi (Bergamo c.1604 - Rome 1670), publisher Jan Miel (Flanders 1599 – Turin 1664), publisher